D3S - We were fishing up by the Brooks Penninsula and all the fish were caught on either plain spoons (large Gibbs etc), flasher and coyote spoons or anchovies. When fishing offshore we used strictly artificials, when fishing near shore we stuck to mostly bait. The offshore fish were mostly caught at a depth of 130 to 140' in 300 foot of water. The bait schools were so thick that it went from top to bottom alot of the time. Most of the fish caught were plugged with Pilchards that were 10 to 12 inches in length. I honestly don't know how some of them planned to stuff another fish down their gullet.